The engineer devised an ingenious pulley system that reduced the effort needed to lift heavy stone blocks during the museum's renovation.
工程师设计了一个巧妙的滑轮系统，减少了博物馆翻新期间提升沉重石块所需的力气。
Which choice best defines “ingenious”?
A — Cleverly inventive.. “ingenious” means Cleverly inventive..
Which word means “Cleverly inventive.”?
D — ingenious. “ingenious” means Cleverly inventive..
ingenious — Cleverly inventive.. In Chinese: 巧妙的；有创造力的.
ingenious is pronounced //ɪnˈdʒiːniəs//.
The engineer devised an ingenious pulley system that reduced the effort needed to lift heavy stone blocks during the museum's renovation. (工程师设计了一个巧妙的滑轮系统，减少了博物馆翻新期间提升沉重石块所需的力气。)
inventive, clever, resourceful — all close in meaning to ingenious (Cleverly inventive.).
unimaginative, dull — each the opposite of ingenious (Cleverly inventive.).
Yes. ingenious is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
in- + geni(才智) → 别出心裁。